And It Makes You Wonder…
I love the Olympics. I tell myself I don’t care but it grips me. Partly it’s the black and white nature of sporting success and failure, the distillation of the human condition in microcosm. But it also brings to the fore a dreadful human trait – bullying. The criticism levelled at Simone Biles for stepping back from her sport, the stories told about body shaming of female athletes, the stupid gibes at Tom Daley for knitting while watching his fellow competitors; all examples of bullying. […]
